Charges are expected to be filed in connection to the discovery of a special needs teen that was found handcuffed to a pole in a Kansas City, Mo., basement, police said.

Kansas City Police said on Twitter that three people have been taken into custody. Neighbors told KMBC 9 News that police took the three in custody at the home in the 4000 block of North Wheeling Avenue this morning.

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Police did not identify who was taken into custody. Police said charges could likely be filed as early as Monday afternoon.

Officers were originally called to the home last Monday by a Clay County Children's Division worker. The worker said she was there to check on a boy reported to have been chained to a steel bar.

According to an incident report, police officers said they met a woman who identified herself as the boy's stepmother.

When officers asked to speak to the boy, the woman told them he was downstairs sleeping and that she would get him, according to the police report.

Officers asked the woman to stay where she was and then they entered the dark basement.

According to the report, officers heard someone saying, "I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything."

Police reported that when they turned on the light, they saw a "frail-looking male getting out of the fetal position on the concrete floor."

Officers said the boy was handcuffed to the pole, and he was wearing dirty clothes.

According to the police report, the boy, who said he was 17, told officers that he had been kept in the basement since his father had taken him out of school on Sept. 27.

The teen told officers that he had not been fed much, and after he found a way out in October, he was handcuffed to a bed. The boy said he took apart the bed and tried to use a rail to break open a door in November to get food, but was not successful. After that, the teen said he was then handcuffed to the steel pole.

The boy told police that his daily routine started at 4 a.m. when someone would come down and let him use the bathroom and gave him a packet of instant oatmeal. At 3:30 p.m., he would again be let out to use the bathroom and was given a packet of Ramen noodles before he was locked up. Some time in the evening, the boy said he would get two bologna sandwiches and a cup of water before he was locked up for the night.

Two of the people who lived in the home told police that the teen was locked downstairs because "in December, they let him upstairs and he ate almost an entire bowl of fruit at one time."

The teenager was taken to a hospital for treatment and placed in protective custody.

KMBC's Peggy Breit talked with a woman who said she was in the neighborhood Monday when the boy was taken away.

"He didn't look like himself. (He was) very thin and lost a lot of weight from he was when the last time we saw him, it was sad," said Ashley Reppy.

She said she got to know the teenager because she babysits her cousin's children at a neighbor's house. She said the cousin was concerned that she hadn't seen the teenager since September.

"She went and asked and they told her he was out of town, and then the brother came over Sunday night and told her that he was on permanent house arrest, handcuffed and locked in the basement," Reppy said.

She said her cousin called the Child Abuse Hotline and police came to the house to investigate.

Reppy said she had befriended the teenager and described him as a normal kid.

"He was very nice and very friendly. (He) wanted to know everything about you, you know," she said.

Neighbor Crystal Anderson said she saw the teenager handcuffed to a door after going to the house to see the boy's brother late last month.

"He told me one time that they had to keep him chained up because he would eat raw meat out of the trash and that he would attack his mom all the time," she said.

She said the boy's brother had an explanation for the treatment.

"They said he's mentally challenged, and I mean, you can call somebody and get (help), Anderson said. "You don't have to chain them to a pole in a basement, like, there's other options." she said.